Two of each set (the head piece and back piece I think) can only be obtained through drops. The other two slots can only be purchased.

The tier determines which set drops and the difficulty determines the chance.

Tier 1: Only the weaker gear can dropTier 2: Equal chance for weaker and stronger gear to dropTier 3: Only the stronger gear can dropRaid: Much high chance for stronger gear to drop

On certain bosses, non-gear set specific items may drop. However, pieces apart of the four gear sets are the best.

When we're allowed to update the map, we'll swap out the gear that can be purchased and dropped, as well as add more gear and more ways to obtain gear (i.e. crafting, questing). We'll also look into player trading.

Yeah I've been enjoying the game, I just don't get the item system. Minerals are incredibly high unless you play solo so you can keep whatever drops. Also in pub games people roll usually, even if they don't care. Just a thought, trade would be welcome. You'll also see people being decked out on first game though, so put a bit of thought into it, maybe a level restriction?

Mineralz aren't very useful, I only bought 1 item (cortical wings). Now I have over 10000 mineralz and I still don't know what to do with them. A trade system could be interesting, however I wouldn't recommend adding one. Reason being that a level1 (first time playing) could be fully geared and very rich if I just give some of my extra mineralz. Also, since you can cheat and modify your save, some people would do it and give millions of mineralz to new players, ruining their experience of the game.

Since you can sell watever you buy for the same price, mineralz cost are very cheap. You can slowly work your way to the best gear.

I would recommend, etheir doing no chances at all, or reducing the sell price of the items in the shop to about 1/2 or lower. People roll items they already have, just to get the mineralz from selling it, which isn't great when you really want that item. Even though you can't change how people act, you can make it less atractive to roll for just the mineralz.